Contributions to academic conferences and seminars

Members of the team have contributed to academic conferences and seminars at home and internationally by presenting papers, chairing discussions, giving plenary addresses and keynote speeches.

Kieran McEvoy April 2016

‘Lawyering, Legislation and Transition: Dealing with the Past ‘From Below’’

Paper Presented at Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Lancaster

Anna Bryson April 2016

‘Transitions from Conflict: The Role and Agency of Lawyers’

Stream Convener: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Lancaster

Kieran McEvoy April 2016

‘Truth, Justice and National Security: Dealing with the Past “From Below”’

Kings College London Staff Seminar

Kieran McEvoy March 2016

‘The Stormont House Agreement: The Model Bill on Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland’

Victims Services Commission Conference Invited plenary – other plenaries included First Minister Arlene Foster MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MLA

Kieran McEvoy February 2016

'Lawyers and Professionalism in Transition’

University of Sheffield, Staff Seminar


Kieran McEvoy February 2016

‘Truth, Justice & Reconciliation: Dealing With The Past In Northern Ireland’

Plenary Address: 36th Annual William Nash Memorial Lecture’ Campion College, University of Regina, Canada

Kieran McEvoy January 2016

‘Political Prisoners, Lawyers and the Construction of Professionalism’

Plenary Address: Sorbonne University Paris


Anna Bryson November 2015

‘Oral History in the Shadow of Conflict; Ethics, Risk and Trust’

Keynote speech at British Academy-funded conference, British Library, London

Kieran McEvoy July 2015

‘Restorative Justice and Challenging Embedded Cultures of Violence in Northern Ireland: 20 Years On’

Plenary Address: British Society of Criminology Conference, July 2015, University of Plymouth

Kieran McEvoy June 2015

‘Republicanism, Human Rights and the Ending of Armed Struggle’

Plenary Address : Annual Lecture, Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, Ireland

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